The Brookhaven leader., 1887-05-26
SOUTHERN GLEANiNGS.

only person reported killed Is Charles
Mettert. Portions OF the boiler were
thrown hundred yards.
Miss Mary Harden, the fiancee OF John
Howard Payne, and the lady for whom he
wrote his "Home, Sweet Home" died in
Athens, Ga recently. 1t Is claimed that
the original copy Of "Home, Sweet Home
was buried with her, as it was interlined
with love declarations from Payne which
the lady did not wish to have fall under
the eyes Of the public. She had been Of
fered large sums for the manuscript but
always declined to part with it. Miss
Harden passed her seventy-e ghth year on
her last birthday.
Miss Eulah Wilcox, of Paducah, KY,
who recently lost the power OF spec ch in
a sudden and mysterious manner, has
been restored by resort to a powerful
shock from a galvanic battery.
There is great excitement among the
people of the river counties of Northern
Alabama over the big boom in ore lands.
The Birmingham (Ala.) boom continues.
Hon. E. c. Phister, a member of Con-
gress from 1873 to 1882, died at his home
in Maysville, KY, few days since. He
was born in Maysville sixty-fv years
ago.
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George Millington shot and killed T. o.
Kennedy. An old feud had existed be-
tween them. Millington surrendered him
self.
James Wilkerson, of Cincinnati. fell
out of the second-stor window at hotel
at Owensb boro, KY, few days ago, and
was 80 badly injured that it was thought
he would die.
Willie Barnett and James Bennett, two
boys twelve and thirteen years old re-
spectively, were struck by lightning at
Uwensboro KY, a few days ago. Bar
nett was instantly killed and Bennett sus
tained a severe shock. They were riding
a couple of mules at the time, and both
animals were killed.
At Americus, Ga, they have spring
whose water will petrify fruits. Straw
berries treated In this way are favOrite
kind of jewelry.
Miss Mary Johnston, of Kentucky, has
achieved success on the London stage.
The East Tennessee Farmers Conven-
tion, over three hundred delegates pres
ent, passed esolutions indorsing the pro-
hibition amendment and pledged them
selves to use all their influence to secure
its adoption by the people.
Luther Hunt; living near Sulphur
Springs, KY, was in barn on his place
a few days ago, rubbing down fine
horse belonging to him. A bolt of light
ming struck the barn, utterly demolis shlng
it, and killing both Mr.. Hunt and the
horse.
A Mexican half breed, by the name of
Extan Deigo, was using vulgar language
at Shelby Station, Miss, few days since,
when the agent approached him and or
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when the agent attempted to put him out
Deigo drew his revolver and fired, but
missed the agent and struck and mortally
wounded a highly-resp pected young man,
by the name OF Haynes Deigo made his
escape
Near Cuthbert, Ga, few days ago,
Baliff Skipper went. to a negro cabin to
arrest Sam Snellings for the murder of
another negro. He found him lying be-
hind bed When Snellings was ordered
to come out, he arose with q pistol in his
hand and opened fire. Skipper was in
stantly killed and one of his deputies
badly wounded AS the murderer ran
from the house he was fret upon and
wounded by another deputy, but es-
capped.
A boiler explosion, attended with terrible
results, occurred at Wade's planning mill
in Fulton, KY, a few days ago. Joha
Joscoe, a ighly-respectel youag man.
was blown fifty feet against brick
house, and so badly injured that he lived
only ten minutes. He leaves a wife and
three children. Fred George, another of
the dead, was, at the time, running the
planer, and he was scaldcd 50 frightfully
that he died in an hour. He leaves wife
and baby Henry McCleary, the colored
hn INV m n
ing cold water into the boiler, which was
exhausted of boiling water.
Prof. E. Lee Branton, president of the
faculty of Princeton College, died few
days ago at Owensboro KY, of apoplexy.
! He suffered an attack two weeks pre-
viously, but had so far recovered that il
was thought all danger had passed, and
he was able to be on the street
CCaptain VIM. Murcheson, of MedOn
Tenn, was still living at last advlces
notwithstanding it had been sixty-tiv
days since he had swallowed food OF
drink. He has not even taken nourish
ment of any kind, by injection or other
wise. His is the most remarkable case Of
fasting on record. He was sinking fast,
though it was thought he might live sew
eral days.
George Thomas, brakeman in the EN-
| ploy of the Kansas City, Springfield &
Memphis railroad, was shot and mortal,
wounded by freight conductor of tn
same road. named Ed Black, in Yves
Memphis, Tenn, few days ago. Som
words had passed between the two, whel
| Black pulled pistol and fired with tn
above result.
! vendetta, over lawsuit, has been oil
hand at Mason's Mill, KY, hamlet OF
the Owensboro Il Nashville railroad be
tween Jack Norris and John Mason. l
eliminated few nights ago in battl
between Norris and Reub Hedden on ont
side and Mason on the other. Mason wa'
waylaid and attacked near his house ant
he defended himself with knife, cutting
Norris literally to pieces. Hedden tlet
after his comrade fell, and has not beel
heard of. Mason defended himself ST
we'll that he was very little hurt in thu
unequal battle, and public sentiment up
holds him
While forty convicts were marchn
into the grounds of the Governors man
sion at Raleigh, N. c., few days ago, t
go to work, four of them made Dol
dash for liberty in the streets-of the city
The guards began rapid fusilade wit
Winchester rifles, and the bullets flew i
all directions. William Hart one of tn
convicts, was SHOT three times and dar
gerously wounded; Lewis Raiford wa
shot through the thighs; another conviC
was recaptured, so that only one escaped
No Florida Senator yet.
Sherman Dougherty, a young miner {
Coal Creek, Tenn, visited Jellico, on
pleasure trip a few days ago. He fell i
with Montgomery Maiues, another miner
They visited a house of ill-repute- and &c